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Security Policy Updates

April 9, 2024

…rting with the changes that will affect the security team the most. The first standard to be updated will be the Information Security Controls Standard. Why are we doing it? Policy is the starting and ending point of a security program. To implement a security program that ensures UNC utilizes technology both safely and responsibly, there needs to be updates to policy first. How does this impact our UNC community? All UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staf…

Security Program Revision

April 9, 2024

…mpact our UNC community? Faculty and Students All UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, students, and campus affiliates will be impacted as the project intends to serve the entire institution. However, depending on your role in campus security, involvement may differ. When is this happening? The Security Program Revision is an ongoing project, starting January 2024, with annual checks. In January 2025, a more detailed plan for the next four years will b…

Enterprise Firewall Migration

September 23, 2021

…ANs will prevent attacks and also limit the scope of attacks across the University. Onboarding the rest of campus will significantly expand the range and depth of the University’s defenses. It will also give ITS unprecedented awareness of which mission-critical systems we need to protect. How does this impact our UNC community? Faculty and Staff We will be working with IT partners across the University to migrate VLANs to the the campus enterprise…

New NIH Requirements for Identity Assurance

September 14, 2021

…d UNC asserts that this person is trusted to access the University’s administrative systems, they can be trusted to access some external resources as well. Completed June 30, 2022 Phase 1 – Require Duo 2-Step verification for UNC faculty and staff who log in to NIH systems using their UNC Onyen and password. Completed September 2022 Where can I find more information? InCommon: Updates on NIH Identity Requirements and Plans Confluence: Get NIH Read…

ServiceNow Asset Management

October 1, 2021

…izing tracking and reporting on the data attributes relating to ownership, status and location of hardware assets will be helpful to our teams. Benefiting our clients by allowing IT to identify the most at-risk end-point devices in a department that should be budgeted for replacement. Overall, ServiceNow Asset Management will assist with identifying unknown devices, failure root cause analysis, and trends to help us make data-driven purchasing dec…

Service Desk Location at Student Union

June 17, 2022

…walk-in services, better visibility for the service desk staff, and a business backup/overflow location for the ITS Service Desk. How does this impact our UNC community? ITS Service Desk Staff Service Desk staff will have two ITS locations to work from. Students Students will have an additional location to get IT help. This space is designed with the student experience and their convenience in mind. When is this happening? Planning for the projec…